Victor Veliadis

About

Dr. Victor Veliadis is Executive Director & CTO of PowerAmerica, a member-driven Manufacturing USA Institute of industry, universities, and national labs accelerating the commercialization of energy efficient silicon carbide and gallium nitride power semiconductor chips and electronics. At PowerAmerica, he has managed a budget of $156 million, which he strategically allocated to over 210 industrial and university projects to catalyze SiC and GaN semiconductor and power electronics manufacturing, workforce development, and job creation. His PowerAmerica educational activities have trained 430 full-time university students in collaborative industry-university wide bandgap (WBG) projects, and engaged over 7500 attendees in tutorials, short courses, and webinars. Since 2024, Dr. Veliadis has b

Education

• Ph.D. 1995 Electrical and Computer EngineeringJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore
• Master's 1992 Electrical and Computer EngineeringJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore
• Master's 1990 Electrical EngineeringNational Technical University of Athens, Greece